detangle before, during, or after DC application?

[Black Hoya Chick]

thoughts? opinions? dish!

 

[msa]

It depends on your hair.

I detangle a bit on dry hair, just to make sure there aren't any huge knots but I usually don't fully detangle until after I rinse everything out and am twisting my hair up. I mainly use coconut oil to detangle.

If your DC is slippy enough, then it could work. Especially if you keep the hair separated in braids in order to rinse everything out. That way it stays detangled.

 

[Solitude]

I usually use a runnier conditioner as a "rinse" to detangle before I apply my DC. I apply the runny conditioner (like V05), detangle with a shower comb, then rinse, wring out most of the water & apply my DC.

Sometimes I just apply my DC to my hair when it's completely wet, detangle, and then apply a little more.

 

[danigurl18]

I detangle with my DC

 

[Nayeli]

I absolutely MUST detangle before - especially if it's weeks into a long stretch. I had to learn this the hard way recently. I had to pay with detangling sessions lasting hours, simply because I didn't detangle beforehand.

Many ladies find that detangling with con in the shower works best. Not me though.

 

[Black Hoya Chick]

i was just curious: if i let the DC sit and saturate, would it make detangling it easier right before i wash it out?

 

[msa]

i was just curious: if i let the DC sit and saturate, would it make detangling it easier right before i wash it out?

I know that works for me. It's part of the reason why I oil my hair up with coconut oil before I wash.

 

[zenith]

i do it just before i wash out the DC... less breakage for me.

 

[Black Hoya Chick]

i do it just before i wash out the DC... less breakage for me.

i think i am gonna go with that and see how it works. in theory: it seems very bright lol

 

[Ronnieaj]

Honestly, all three. I detangle with a wide toothed comb on heavily oiled hair prior to washing, I detangling with a smaller (regular, I guess) comb once the DC has processed with heat, and I detangle with a fine toothed comb as I twist my hair, because I MUST comb the hair before I twist it, else I don't even want to tell you the madness that I deal with later. Not very much help, am I?

 

[pri]

I detangle after I rinse out my DC but leaving alittle bit in as my leave-in which works great for me.

 

[sharifeh]

Honestly, all three. I detangle with a wide toothed comb on heavily oiled hair prior to washing, I detangling with a smaller (regular, I guess) comb once the DC has processed with heat, and I detangle with a fine toothed comb as I twist my hair, because I MUST comb the hair before I twist it, else I don't even want to tell you the madness that I deal with later. Not very much help, am I?

me too
well i dont oil my hair and detangle beforehand unless I have some serious tangles
but i use a rinse instant conditioner to detangle in the shower
i apply my DC when I get out
the next morning I comb it out again after i rinse DC and i may use roux pc as a final rinse

 

[syncerelyhis]

I apply my DC and then use detangling as a way to comb it thru!

 

[princessdi]

IMO, before. If I don't, I have a hell of a time detangling.

 

[donewit-it]

I detangle after I deep condition.

I can't even get through my hair if its dry, before wetting and washing my hair.

Even water alone won't cut it. I have to have some conditioner in there.

An instant conditioner won't work either, because it has to penetrate for some time into my hair, to soften it and make it manageable.

 

[TemiLnd]

I detangle with my fingers before I do anything and then with a wide tooth comb when DC is over before rinsing out.

 

[MummysGirl]

I detangle with my fingers while rinsing out my conditioner (DC or cowash) and detangle with a comb after applying my leave in.

 

[DecemberBaby]

Yesterday, I detangled in the shower for the first time. I lost just as much hair as I do when I detangle after I rinse it completely out.

 

[SweetlyBlessed]

All 3:

I detangle prior to my wash by spraying a detangler on my roots only with a medium comb. As i do this I'm separating/sectioning off my hair applying a rinse out conditioner mixed with aphogee 2 min or porosity control. Then I shampoo with a light lather, using the shower comb. Finally, I apply DC with shower cap and then as I rinse it out, use shower comb one last time.

 

[BlondeByDesire]

Right now, while I'm transitioning I detangle after DC under running water with a final rinse of Hello Hydration - I use my shower comb and my denman brush

 

[kooskoos]

I detangle before I DC with a slippery co-wash conditioner and then DC with my hair in braids so it stays detangled. My DC doesn't have enough slip for real detangling.

 

[Pandora1975]

I do it after I rinse everything out and apply my leave in. If I do it before I rinse then it will just tangle again before I twist or braid for drying.

 

[Bun Mistress]

It depends on your hair.

I detangle a bit on dry hair, just to make sure there aren't any huge knots but I usually don't fully detangle until after I rinse everything out and am twisting my hair up. I mainly use coconut oil to detangle.

If your DC is slippy enough, then it could work. Especially if you keep the hair separated in braids in order to rinse everything out. That way it stays detangled.

I agree with the above. I wacth for tangles inbetween washes, wash DC then rinse most of the DC out add Garnier SS and then comb out by then no tangles. yay! The more moisture the better. If my hair isn't moisturized this could be painful. If this happened a litter mane n tail detangler can help. I'm transitioning and apparently am tenderheaded (didn't know that it now)

 

[LunadeMiel]

I detangle, before, during, and after.

 

[Desarae]

I don't detangle until after I DC and rinse out the conditioner, before applying leave ins. My has already absorbed the DC and is pliable, but not as gummy as when it's coated in conditioner. I lose less hair this way as a relaxed head. My DC (Mizani Moisturefuse) doesen't really provide slip when it's in but once I rinse it out, my hair is very manageable.

As a natural, I had to detangle in hair covered in conditioner, my hair was stronger then.

 

[scarcity21]

I detangle right b4 washing out the DC and also under running water in the shower

 

[SherylsTresses]

Well I have ahead full of overprocessed hair so I MUST detangle on dry hair in sections. Else, I would pull all of my hair out. It's already very thin.

 

[JustKiya]

I detangle after - my hair is the softest, slippiest, and stretchiest, insuring that I can pull and it will slide/stretch/detangle instead of snapping/breaking.

 

[la flaca]

I've been doing right before my rollerset with Sabino and I hardly see two or three strands of hair.